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    Rebecca Hodnett[1]

    Female 1832 - 1904  (71 years)


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    • Name Rebecca Hodnett 
      Born 28 Sep 1832  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died 11 Jul 1904  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Buried Smith Family Cemetery, Tommahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I12840  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 27 Oct 2011 

      Family William M. Smith,   b. 2 Sep 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1896, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
      Children 
       1. Mary Jane Smith,   b. 31 Mar 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1939, Moneola, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
      Last Modified 27 Oct 2011 
      Family ID F3987  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/genealogynotes2.html
        William M. Smith was born September 2, 1818 at Tomahawk, Virginia in Pittsylvania County where he died August 2, 1896. He was a son of George K. Smith and wife, Susan Adkins. William M. Smith married February 18, 1856 Rebecca Hodnett who was born September 28, 1832 and died July 11, 1904. They are buried in the Smith family cemetery at Tomahawk, Virginia.
        Their children:
        A. Coleman Smith, b. Dec.15, 1856; d. Feb. 21, 1861, Tomahawk, Virginia
        B. Mary Jane Smith, b. March 31,1859, Tomahawk, Virginia; died March 3, 1939, Mineola, Virginia. She married Dr. John Carlisle Anderson, Sr. on July 3, 1879 at home. They reared a family of eight children and their descendants will be found in the Anderson Family Book.
        C. Billie Smith, b. June 9,1861; d. July 15, 1861, Tomahawk, Virginia
        D. James Jackson Smith, b. April 29, 1863 at Tomahawk, Va.; d. January 24, 1919 in his 56th year near Greenpond Church and is buried in his family cemetery. He married 1st Nannie Yeatts and had two children as follows:
        1. Mary Frances Smith, born June 15, 1891; married December 23, 1909, Hubert Leonard Mattox, b. May 2, 1892. Issue: a. Hazel Mattox,b. July 20, 1911 married Dec. 27, 1931, Odell Owen b. Sept. 28, 1910. b. James Daniel Mattox, b. Aug. 11, 1913, married November 15, 1941, Mable Clair Evans, b. Oct. 14, 1920; d. 1961. No issue. c. Linard Paul Mattox, b. June 16, 1915; married Dec. 24, 1934, Ruby Reynolds (d/o Booker & Roena Mahan Reynolds), b. June 5, 1915. d. Gladys Mattox, b. Jan. 24 1920; md. Sept. 5, 1936, Lester B. Parsons, b. Oct. 17, 1915. e. Mary Louise Mattox, b. Feb. 5, 1923; md. Nov. 13, 1943, Harry McNulty, d. June 28, 1957; f. Kathryn Mattox, b. April 23, 1925; md. August 16,1950, Aubery Rives, b. Feb. 14, 1925.
        2. Ruth Smith married November 22, 1913, Clarence James Gilbert, b. July 6, 1887; d. Oct. 16, 1953. Issue :a) Lucille Gilbert md. A.S. Roberts and had two boys. b) Beverly James Gilbert md. Dorothy Adkins and had two children. (c) Richard Arthur Gilbert md. Lucy Cook and had six children. (d) David Earl Gilbert md. Mildred Phelps and had eight children.(e)Carroll Lee Gilbert unmd.
        James Jackson Smith married 2nd, June 26, 1895, Lelia Younger (d/o Samuel William Younger and wife, Susan), b. Feb. 17, 1875 and had the following children:
        3. William Younger Smith, b. June 19, 1896; d. Jan. 26, 1945
        4. Fitzhugh Lee Smith, b. Aug. 24, 1898; a physician at Burlington, NC and unmd.
        5. Grace Smith, b. Jan. 5, 1900; d. Apr. 14, 1924; md. Silas Reynolds
        6. Lillian Smith, b. May 1, 1901; d. Apr. 1, 1955 unmd.
        7. Edwin Fourquean Smith, b. Oct. 11, 1902; md. Hessie Bailey
        8. James Jackson Smith, b. Dec. 6, 1904
        9. Lena Smith, b. Jan. 10, 1907; md. 1st July 8, 1938 md. 3rd Nov. 11, 1946, Frank Stegall
        10. Louise Smith, b. Aug. 24, 1908; d. Sept. 25, 1901
        11. Fannie Smith, b. Oct. 22, 1909
        12. Hood Smith, b. Feb. 5, 1911; d. June 19, 1925
        13. Woodrow Wilson Smith, b. Jan. 29, 1914
        14. John Marshall Smith, b. June 29, 1916; d. June 16, 1954
        15. Susan Rebecca Smith, b. July 12, 1918; md. Aug. 22, 1939, Nathan Henry Wells

        E. Fannie Lucy Smith, b. July 28, 1865; d. Sept 16, 1949; md. Feb. 29, 1892, Wm. D. Duncan
        (s/o James Brown Duncan, d. Apr. 26, 1858, aged 50 yrs. -tombstone), b. Oct. 20, 1856; d. Jan 31, 1920, Whittles Deport, Va., Pitts. Co., Va.
        Their issue:
        1. Rebecca Duncan, unmd.
        2. Jim Duncan, md. Roy Payne
        3. Amelie Duncan, m. Brig. Gen. Edward Anderson, Feb. 26, 1921, in New Orleans
        4. Jane Duncan

        F. Dr. George L. Smith, b. Feb 11, 1869; d. Nov 22, 1948; md. Catherine (Kate) Moses, b. Jan 19, 1872; d.Sept. 30, 1920, Rondo, Va.
        Their issue:
        1. William Russell Smith md Agnes Payne
        2. Frances Smith, b. Sept. 27 _____; md. Clinton Wise Simonson
        3. Julius Kaufman Smith md. Feb. 28, 1953, Louise Wine; no issue
        4. Kathleen Smith, b. Apr. 17, 1900; m. June 20, 1942, Emerson James Baker, b.

        G. Thomas Phillip Smith, b. Sept. 10, 1871; d. May 23, 1927; md Rosa Irene Davis, b. Apr. 28, 1876; d. Dec. 11, 1961
        Their issue:
        1. Theo Smith, b. Feb. 10, 1900
        2. Janie Frances Smith, b. Nov 22, 1902
        3. Alpha Smith, b. Dec. 25, 1897; d Aug. 7, 1955; md Nimrod D. Anderson, b. May 7, 1891; d. Oct. 21, 1842; md. Aug. 2, 1922.
        4. Thomas Benton Smith; b. Jan. 15, 1907; md. July 3, 1937, Elizabeth Arthur, b. Dec 22, 1907.
        5. Ryland Davis Smith, b. Sept. 7, 1908; md. May 16, 1936,
        Edith Walker, b. Jan. 10,
        1913.
        6. RubyJane Smith

        H. Jabez Smith md. Lemma Mahan, b. Mar. 15,1874; d. Sept. 27, 1950

        I. "Billie" Smith b. June 9, 1861; d. July7,1861 - Tombstone